Creation of an Institutional Review Board Vetted Survey Tool

Whereas, The Associated Students is the official voice of the Humboldt State University student community; and

Whereas, HSU is in a budget crisis with a deficit of over 7 million dollars by spring 2008, as stated by President Richmond at his Town Hall meeting on Monday October 30, 2006; and

Whereas, Losing this funding will lead to a loss of academic and cultural integrity, as represented by the University’s programs and service offerings; and

Whereas, The program and service offerings of the University will impact future admissions and retention; numbers that will both affect our future solvency and liquidity; and

Whereas, There has been no systemic quantitative effort to obtain a publicly visible representative scientifically valid and reliable assessment of student needs and desires for programs and services; and

Whereas, Scientific documentation of student needs and desires for programs and service offerings will empower the A.S. voice, and thus the student voice, now and in the future; therefore be it

Whereas, Survey tools approved by Institutional Review Boards (I.R.B.) are known as valid and reliable scientific measuring tools; and

Whereas, Such an I.R.B. approved survey tool could be used by A.S. and to the university as a whole to document the specific, actual, and current needs and desires for programs and service offerings based on survey data; and therefore be it

Resolved, By the members of the Associated Students Council that A.S. supports the creation of such an I.R.B. approved survey tool; therefore be it further

Resolved, A.S. will review the final analysis of such a survey; therefore be it further

Resolved, A.S. supports that this survey is a gift from Sociology graduate students enrolled in Sociology 583 to the students of HSU, in order to empower student needs and desires now and into the future; and be it finally